Newbie: list comprehension troubles..

[Terry Reedy]

Chris Rebert wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:27 PM, mm<mattaman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, I'm trying to replace this...
>>
>>        # this works but there must be a more pythonic way, right?

'Pythonic' is readable, if nothing else

>>        tlist = []
>>        for obj in self.objs:
>>            t = obj.intersect(ray)
>>            if (t != None):
>>                tlist.append((obj,t))

This, to me, is more readable than the lc replacement.

>>
>> with a list comprehension- can it be done?
> 
> Yes:
> tlist = [pair for pair in ((obj, obj.intersect(ray)) for obj in
> self.objs) if pair[1] is not None]
> 
> Should it be done? Probably not. It's less readable and less efficient.

I agree.

tjr